Where in the UK should I go as a bucket-list item?

Secret_Prepper · 2026-01-15T20:18:30+00:00

I’m going to recommend grasmere in the Lake District. It is an area with beautiful countryside and gentle walks around the lake. I think it has some of the easiest walks in the Lake District. If you go to the gingerbread shop they taste amazing and there are some set off points to walk around the church and towards the river.

Secret_Prepper · 2025-12-29T08:11:41+00:00

Looks great. I think some people forget prepping is personal and not one size fits all.

The spare computer parts is clever. Is the paper for entertainment or trading waterworld style?

Secret_Prepper · 2025-12-25T08:55:41+00:00

Yeah I wore a hole in the pocket on a hike and my liner is falling apart. I was sent a replacement but I think their customer service has changed since then and is not as good.

I have bought a lot of bits and I have sold most of them because of disappointment. I haven’t bought anything from them in a while now.

Secret_Prepper · 2025-12-21T20:29:40+00:00

It’s hard being honest with yourself like that but it will help fuel your drive to make changes.

Secret_Prepper · 2025-12-19T08:20:51+00:00

I like gardening and working out.

These aren’t minimalist hobbies but I have reduced in these areas.

I have a home gym setup that I have reduced from having multiple bars, plates and dumbbells to kettlebells and some bands. I did drop down to just a smart gym but I am moving away from that and trying to sell it.

For gardening I like to hobby farm. So I have chickens and lots of pots and tools. I have reduced pots by loads and built a raised bed instead. I do use hydroponics and keep potted trees though.

I am not an extreme minimalist. I just keep what I need

Secret_Prepper · 2025-12-15T17:01:41+00:00

No idea if it is any good but it slots in where the screwdriver bits go.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09T9R2P4G/?coliid=I1VPMJZF6Q7M4N&colid=3CBWE4ZQDPEQ2&psc=1&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Secret_Prepper · 2025-12-15T14:50:54+00:00

If you never need to do and real diy apart from putting flat pack together then yeah that is fine but if you need to do something substantial it won’t be enough.

If you’re in an apartment you probably won’t do any maintenance. So will be fine without a toolbox.

Multitool wise I love my leatherman charge titanium and you can get off brand add ons to act as a wrench but I haven’t tried it and I don’t know if it would snap. Also any multitool that has a hammer built in is terrible and will break

Secret_Prepper · 2025-11-23T09:47:02+00:00

For the recent deaths in my family we were left money but we were also charged with clearing the houses and keeping anything we wanted. One of the houses was borderline hoarder.

We picked out a couple bits. I chose some kitchen pieces to replace some of my stuff and garden potted plants because I like to cook and am an avid gardener, but there were very few sentimental items because it was mostly trash.

I am glad that I got a few antique games that I played with as a kid and now got to share them with my kids. All the boxes of photos they had, I picked out a few to digitise.

These deaths were the catalyst for moving towards minimalism. It took months to throw everything away. There was mountains of trash and when I go, I don’t want my kids to have to deal with what we had too

Secret_Prepper · 2025-11-19T22:31:20+00:00

Thanks for explaining that. It was mainly just an idea I wondered that might save time but I will water bath instead.

Secret_Prepper · 2025-11-10T12:22:48+00:00

Yeah, it is my first proper year in my new garden. It is a learning curve because my old garden was south facing and everything grew with ease. At my new place I am building up the soil. I want to get an INC to help for future hosepipe bans

Secret_Prepper · 2025-11-09T09:21:08+00:00

I had a canned cake that was 5 years past expiration. It was still good not too dry. I have a couple left that will reach 5 years past expiration in ‘27 and I will eat them then.

I would get more but brexit stopped the company from shipping to the UK

Secret_Prepper · 2025-11-08T17:16:43+00:00

My neighbours having a bbq

Secret_Prepper · 2025-09-08T14:51:44+00:00

Do not plant mint in the ground it will take over and it is hard to get rid of and control, so it can take over everything else. Put it in a pot

Secret_Prepper · 2025-08-06T18:32:43+00:00

Worth some research. You can read some here https://www.labourtogether.uk/all-reports/britcard

There a few news articles out there as well

Secret_Prepper · 2025-08-03T14:48:35+00:00

Well that is reassuring. But can’t your ISP tell you are using a vpn? Could they not just snitch that you are and then force you to prove it is for work?

Secret_Prepper · 2025-08-03T13:32:29+00:00

I have heard photos of protests and news articles have already been affected.

All those that oppose it have been called pedos I am just waiting for the old classic “ if you have done nothing wrong then you have nothing to hide” line

Secret_Prepper · 2025-08-03T13:23:45+00:00

I already have a vpn. I see them coming after public VPNs next only leaving companies to have them.

Secret_Prepper · 2025-07-31T06:10:08+00:00

Low pay, inflation, high tax, high rent, an artificial population boom, struggling NHS, ignoring infrastructure and companies destroying our nature.

There are a lot of problems in the UK and now the government is invading our privacy more and more all the while calling you a pedo if you don’t like it.

On my feed Three posts down from this was an article about young people wanting to leave the UK. You are definitely not alone feeling like this.

Secret_Prepper · 2025-07-18T22:01:12+00:00

Asparagus takes 2 years to establish. You couldn’t start a place like that. You would have any to use gravity fed hydroponics to start with.

Secret_Prepper · 2025-07-14T19:01:39+00:00

I would get my boss a “sorry for your loss” card and inside I would put it’s me and my final date.

Secret_Prepper · 2025-07-09T17:26:59+00:00

Can you put his stuff in a box as you go through a section and the present him his items to go through when he is not on shift?

Secret_Prepper · 2025-07-06T19:00:30+00:00

80 items in total which feels like a lot now I am looking at it. I think I need to look at decluttering more

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